Original 16 Tour Bonspiel

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Original 16 Tour Bonspiel
Established2012
Host city Calgary, Alberta
Arena Calgary Curling Club
Purse$24,000
2023 champion Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Mike McEwen
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The Original 16 Tour Bonspiel is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The tournament is held in a round robin format. It was also a World Curling Tour event from 2012 to 2019.

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Past champions

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YearWinning skipRunner up skipPurse (CAD)
2012 Flag of Alberta.svg Steve Petryk Flag of Alberta.svg Robert Schlender $22,000
2013 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Chang-min Flag of Alberta.svg Thomas Scoffin $24,800
2014 [1] Flag of Alberta.svg Brock Virtue Flag of Alberta.svg Robert Schlender $21,000
2015 Flag of Alberta.svg Charley Thomas Flag of Alberta.svg Thomas Scoffin $15,200
2016 [2] Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Carl deConinck Smith Flag of Norway.svg Steffen Walstad $15,000
2017 [3] Flag of Alberta.svg Kurt Balderston Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Brewster $24,000
2018 [4] Flag of Alberta.svg Ted Appelman Flag of Alberta.svg James Pahl $25,000
2019 [5] Flag of Alberta.svg Jeremy Harty Flag of Alberta.svg Daylan Vavrek $25,000
2020Cancelled
2021 [6] Flag of British Columbia.svg Tyler Tardi Flag of Alberta.svg Jeremy Harty $19,500
2022 [7] Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Whyte Flag of Alberta.svg Aaron Sluchinski $24,000
2023 [8] Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Mike McEwen Flag of the United States.svg Scott Dunnam $24,000

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